Company Overview
MaxLinear, Inc. provides communications systems-on-chip solutions in the United States, Asia, Europe, and internationally. Its products integrate various portions of a high-speed communication system, including radio frequency, high-performance analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, security engines, data compression and networking layers, and power management. Its products are used in various electronic devices, such as radio transceivers and modems for 4G/5G base-station and backhaul infrastructure; optical transceivers; wi-fi and wireline routers for home networking; broadband modems compliant with data over cable service interface specifications, passive optical fiber standards, and digital subscriber line, as well as power management and interface products. It serves electronics distributors, module makers, original equipment manufacturers, and original design manufacturers through a direct sales force, third-party sales representatives, and a network of distributors. The company has a strategic collaboration with Edgecore Networks Corporation for the development network infrastructure for enterprise and SMB applications. MaxLinear, Inc. has strategic partnership with GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. to develop 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) gateways and converged gateways for consumer and enterprise applications. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
Why Investors Should Care
Revenue has grown at a 14.8% CAGR over the past five years.
Carries low leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31.
Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.
Recent Developments
- Dec 2025 Revenue of $467.64M (+29.7% YoY); net profit $-136.68M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +55.2%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 14.8%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 14.80% |
| 1 Year: | 55.20% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | +292.62% |
| 6 Months: | +299.11% |
| 3 Months: | -22.47% |
| 1 Month: | -10.63% |
Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.
MaxLinear designs communications system-on-chips, including the high-speed connectivity and optical interconnect that AI data centres rely on.
RF, mixed-signal and processing SoCs for broadband, connectivity, optical and data-centre interconnect.
- Optical & data-centre interconnect MaxLinear's high-speed interconnect and PAM4 DSP products serve the bandwidth demands of AI data centres.
- Connectivity SoCs Integrated RF/analog/DSP SoCs power broadband and networking infrastructure.
- Power & efficiency focus Integration and power management target the efficiency needs of dense infrastructure.
- Connectivity/interconnect exposure to AI-data-centre bandwidth growth.
- Strong revenue recovery (~43%) off a soft base.
- Currently loss-making (negative margins) amid a cyclical downturn.
- End-market concentration and competition are key risks.
Curated from public filings and analyst commentary; figures are illustrative.
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Technical Trend
Computed from daily close history using EMA cross, slope, and RSI signals.
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Fundamental Growth Charts
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PROS
- Compounding revenue at 14.8% over 5 years.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
- In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).
CONS
- Trading 51.0% below its 52-week high.
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
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| 1 | MXL MaxLinear, Inc. R2KR3KTECHAI | 62.74 | -53.17 | $5.69B | 0.00% | -20.79% | -21.32% | 14.80% | - |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 230.36 | 35.28 | $5.58T | 0.46% | 74.66% | 114.29% | 24.64% | 32.12% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPXR3KTECH | 319.97 | 36.69 | $4.67T | 0.35% | 68.72% | 148.75% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 499.70 | 27.85 | $3.71T | 0.73% | 26.33% | 34.04% | 9.93% | 11.90% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AITECH | 426.34 | 37.46 | $2.21T | 0.91% | 30.20% | 39.97% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 357.90 | 59.55 | $1.70T | 0.62% | 16.70% | 37.28% | 17.04% | 54.08% |
| 7 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 1,016.59 | 22.97 | $1.15T | 0.06% | 13.69% | 66.64% | 13.68% | 26.02% |
| 8 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 477.57 | 122.14 | $779.62B | 0.00% | 5.47% | 10.20% | 11.81% | 66.28% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAITECH | 1,714.88 | 58.49 | $658.69B | 0.53% | 42.97% | 53.94% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Jun 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84.64M | 82.51M | 80.02M | - | 62.03M | 65.22M | 156.63M | - | 209.36M | 205.38M | 229.77M | 263.93M | 280.01M | 285.73M | 248.44M | 183.94M | 135.53M | 95.27M | 91.99M | 81.10M | 95.93M | 108.81M | 126.46M | 137.19M | 168.85M |
| Gross Profit | 26.94M | 51.05M | 55.76M | 61.17M | 62.91M | 55.50M | 50.40M | 52.92M | 51.10M | 51.84M | 52.09M | 62.67M | 56.33M | 43.88M | 45.90M | 45.08M | 44.08M | 41.90M | 36.62M | 30.76M | 32.74M | 66.21M | 83.09M | 111.72M | 112.54M | 129.79M | 154.59M | 164.35M | 167.49M | 140.31M | 102.87M | 73.94M | 49.27M | 50.19M | 44.08M | 53.83M | 61.52M | 71.90M | 78.88M | 97.66M |
| Operating Income | -32.06M | 1.68M | - | 21.70M | 22.37M | 10.66M | - | 10.43M | -15.79M | -10.64M | - | 4.43M | -247.00K | -12.57M | - | -7.83M | -2.97M | -3.33M | - | -20.13M | -22.77M | -34.58M | - | 9.92M | 2.20M | 23.79M | 48.13M | 39.01M | 51.95M | 27.28M | -5.94M | -17.82M | -74.62M | -40.82M | -66.74M | -46.09M | -24.61M | -41.29M | -17.21M | -4.18M |
| Net Income | -30.65M | 1.58M | -8.54M | 20.68M | 22.58M | 9.68M | 8.35M | 8.46M | 10.96M | -9.17M | -19.45M | 1.85M | -14.42M | -13.94M | 311.00K | -4.85M | -2.23M | -4.71M | -8.10M | -15.47M | -21.81M | -36.65M | -24.67M | 3.80M | 733.00K | 9.26M | 33.59M | 31.97M | 28.41M | 9.53M | -4.35M | -39.83M | -72.31M | -39.27M | -75.78M | -49.71M | -26.59M | -45.48M | -45.14M | 1.76M |
| Diluted EPS | -0.58 | 0.03 | -0.14 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.16 | -0.14 | -0.29 | 0.03 | -0.21 | -0.20 | 0.00 | -0.07 | -0.03 | -0.07 | -0.11 | -0.21 | -0.30 | -0.50 | -0.33 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.12 | -0.05 | -0.49 | -0.88 | -0.47 | -0.90 | -0.58 | -0.31 | -0.52 | -0.52 | 0.02 |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 51.35M | 68.70M | 71.94M | 97.73M | 119.65M | 133.11M | 300.36M | 387.83M | 420.32M | 385.00M | 317.18M | 478.60M | 892.40M | 1.12B | 693.26M | 360.53M | 467.64M |
| Gross Profit | 34.30M | 47.14M | 45.25M | 60.65M | 72.96M | 81.96M | 155.42M | 229.99M | 207.96M | 208.77M | 167.69M | 212.80M | 495.83M | 649.77M | 385.66M | 194.78M | 265.81M |
| Operating Income | 4.59M | 3.50M | -15.13M | -13.07M | -12.35M | -8.86M | -43.65M | 63.06M | -21.67M | -19.10M | -22.06M | -101.14M | 65.25M | 180.24M | -38.22M | -223.35M | -126.89M |
| Net Income | 4.33M | 10.11M | -22.02M | -13.25M | -12.73M | -7.04M | -42.33M | 61.29M | -9.19M | -26.20M | -19.90M | -98.59M | 41.97M | 125.04M | -73.15M | -245.20M | -136.68M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.06 | 0.30 | -0.68 | -0.40 | -0.37 | -0.19 | -0.79 | 0.91 | -0.14 | -0.38 | -0.28 | -1.35 | 0.53 | 1.55 | -0.91 | -2.93 | -1.58 |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 118.92M | 112.38M | 110.60M | 124.93M | 135.71M | 334.50M | 422.65M | 824.86M | 743.59M | 705.79M | 1.02B | 1.05B | 1.18B | 1.08B | 864.64M | 796.40M |
| Total Equity | -25.36M | -19.48M | 104.90M | 93.03M | 80.23M | 86.67M | 99.10M | 262.92M | 352.42M | 387.42M | 399.94M | 414.92M | 391.12M | 489.20M | 676.38M | 686.26M | 516.28M | 451.89M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 7.92M | 17.92M | 21.56M | 28.03M | 21.81M | 26.45M | 20.70M | 67.96M | 81.09M | 71.87M | 73.14M | 92.71M | 148.90M | 130.57M | 187.35M | 187.29M | 118.58M | 72.81M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 347.61M | 255.76M | 206.91M | 363.59M | 306.15M | 121.76M | 122.38M | 123.00M | 123.62M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 71.58M | 70.23M | 437.44M | 343.66M | 290.87M | 631.33M | 561.19M | 503.64M | 393.99M | 348.36M | 344.50M |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 13.75M | 18.49M | 29.57M | 37.16M | 33.25M | 55.83M | 54.54M | 76.39M | 75.33M | 66.56M | 233.66M | 207.40M | 341.09M | 222.13M | 182.28M | 186.02M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 9.86M | 4.84M | -7.11M | 7.54M | 12.89M | 12.23M | 55.04M | 117.32M | 75.06M | 102.69M | 78.35M | 73.59M | 168.23M | 388.73M | 43.37M | -45.30M | 19.62M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 391.00K | -78.38M | 10.82M | -4.19M | -9.54M | -17.47M | -11.06M | -101.31M | -432.15M | -7.83M | -6.97M | -175.29M | -91.76M | -91.76M | -15.94M | -23.45M | -19.80M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -250.00K | 77.17M | 2.73M | -9.58M | 1.27M | -506.00K | 4.00M | -670.00K | 347.02M | -93.78M | -53.38M | 159.65M | -91.90M | -240.40M | -26.36M | 1.29M | -18.66M |
| Capital Expenditure | -1.41M | -2.96M | -2.96M | -5.05M | -3.16M | -8.80M | -3.00M | -8.51M | -7.47M | -7.83M | -6.89M | -12.49M | -39.18M | -41.25M | -13.45M | -17.68M | -12.60M |
| Free Cash Flow | 8.45M | 1.88M | -10.07M | 2.49M | 9.73M | 3.43M | 52.05M | 108.81M | 67.60M | 94.86M | 71.46M | 61.11M | 129.06M | 347.47M | 29.92M | -62.98M | 7.02M |
| Share Buybacks | - | - | 0 | 12.08M | 0 | 0 | 101.00K | 3.00K | 334.00K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.55M | 31.51M | 0 | 0 | 20.00M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | 66.8% | 68.6% | 62.9% | 62.1% | 61.0% | 61.6% | 51.7% | 59.3% | 49.5% | 54.2% | 52.9% | 44.5% | 55.6% | 58.0% | 55.6% | 54.0% | 56.8% |
| Operating Margin % | 8.9% | 5.1% | -21.0% | -13.4% | -10.3% | -6.7% | -14.5% | 16.3% | -5.2% | -5.0% | -7.0% | -21.1% | 7.3% | 16.1% | -5.5% | -62.0% | -27.1% |
| Net Margin % | 8.4% | 14.7% | -30.6% | -13.6% | -10.6% | -5.3% | -14.1% | 15.8% | -2.2% | -6.8% | -6.3% | -20.6% | 4.7% | 11.2% | -10.6% | -68.0% | -29.2% |
| ROE % | -22.2% | 9.6% | -23.7% | -16.5% | -14.7% | -7.1% | -16.1% | 17.4% | -2.4% | -6.6% | -4.8% | -25.2% | 8.6% | 18.5% | -10.7% | -47.5% | -30.2% |
| ROCE % | - | 3.3% | -16.1% | -16.1% | -14.1% | -8.6% | -15.7% | 17.1% | -2.9% | -2.9% | -3.5% | -12.8% | 7.7% | 21.5% | -4.5% | -32.7% | -20.8% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 23.44% | 13.70M | $845.73M |
| 2 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 11.84% | 6.92M | $427.38M |
| 3 | State Street Corporation | 7.40% | 4.33M | $267.01M |
| 4 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.54% | 3.82M | $235.99M |
| 5 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3.81% | 2.23M | $137.39M |
| 6 | Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc | 3.81% | 2.23M | $137.64M |
| 7 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 3.70% | 2.16M | $133.63M |
| 8 | Invesco Ltd. | 3.51% | 2.05M | $126.56M |
| 9 | Jane Street Group, LLC | 3.50% | 2.04M | $126.18M |
| 10 | Shaw D.E. & Co., Inc. | 3.18% | 1.86M | $114.90M |
Analyst View
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MXL — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of MaxLinear, Inc. (MXL)?
As of 2026-09-07 16:24 PDT, MaxLinear, Inc. (MXL) trades at $62.74 on NasdaqGS. Its 52-week range is $13.05 to $128.03.
What is the market capitalisation of MXL?
MaxLinear, Inc. (MXL) has a market capitalisation of $5.69B on NasdaqGS.
What is the P/E ratio of MXL?
MXL trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -53.17. The industry average P/E is 32.42. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 14.03.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of MXL?
MXL has a return on equity (ROE) of -21.32%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is -20.79%.
Is MXL a good stock to buy?
This page provides a data-driven analysis of MaxLinear, Inc. (MXL), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.